How to Convince Slack Users to Use Microsoft Teams
When migrating from Slack to Microsoft Teams, it is natural that many users who are comfortable using Slack will resist the change. The resistance, in turn, can add to the existing challenges that come with migrating a high volume of users, channels, direct messages, attachments, and metadata.
To tackle this, you must have a proper change management strategy that not only makes the transition seamless for users but also prepares them to adopt Microsoft Teams in a comprehensive way.
Evangelize About the Transition to A New Chat Platform
One of the best ways to convince users to start using Microsoft Teams is to evangelize about the move. Early in the planning stage, establish a proper communication plan to help users understand the benefits of moving from Slack to Teams.
Explain organization-wide users about the reason and importance of making the chat platform shift. When users understand the use case, it becomes easier for them to align with the upcoming migration accordingly.
Highlight the Long-Term Benefits of Using Teams Within the Microsoft 365 Ecosystem
Another impactful way to convince users to use Microsoft Teams is to highlight the short-term as well as long-term benefits of embracing Teams. And one good approach to do this is to showcase the benefits specific to each department or function in the company.
Here’s an example:
| Departments/Functions | Short-Term Benefits | Long-Term Benefits |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | Real-time collaboration on proposals. Wide support for CRM integration. | Streamlined sales call scheduling. Centralization of the entire sales communication system. |
| Marketing | Seamless file sharing on Teams with OneDrive and SharePoint integration. Efficient collaboration on marketing campaigns. | Robust integration with marketing and analytics tools. Centralization of the entire marketing data and historical data. |
| HR | Efficient recruitment and communication. Centralization of onboarding resources. | Automation of the entire onboarding and training process. Improvements in compliance across the board. |
Above all, the biggest and the most impactful long-term benefits are future-readiness through AI-powered Microsoft 365.
Implement Non-Disruptive Approaches and Educate Users About Them
A big part of convincing Slack users to use Teams has got to do with building confidence in regard to taking non-disruptive migration approaches. And the core aspect of this is to use an advanced enterprise-grade Slack to Teams migration tool that does not cause any user impact or organizational disruption.
At CloudFuze, we have helped many large enterprises and small and medium businesses migrate all their channels, chats, attachments from Slack to Teams with 100% preservation of metadata and with complete security.
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Some of the primary approaches we take that makes the entire migration non-intrusive include:
- Performing the chat transfer process in the background (so users can continue working during the migration)
- Support for single or multiple delta migrations (to transfer the incremental changes users make during the one-time migration)
- Suppress email notifications (so users are not bombarded with the chat data that arrives in Teams)
- Complete hand holding through managed migration service (so that IT teams do not face any roadblocks during migration and also in pre and post-migration stages)
- Use of dedicated enterprise servers (so that the migration process does not face any downtime)
- Provisions for API rate limiting (we plan and perform the migration in batches to avoid exceeding API call limits and avoid throttling)
Provide Users with In-Depth Training and Support
Lastly, it goes without saying that providing comprehensive training is a must! After convincing users, it is equally important to prepare them for the chat platform transition. Create a plan to provide users with extensive training through in-house resources and Microsoft’s learning and support resources.
There are several Microsoft Teams learning resources that you can leverage to amplify the benefits of the training sessions. You can also collaborate with Microsoft 365 onboarding teams to provide users with more onboarding and adoption support.
Migrate From Slack to Teams Successfully with CloudFuze
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Frequently Asked Questions
1. Why are companies switching from Slack to Teams?
Many companies are switching chat platforms from Slack to Teams as part of their focus on consolidating their cloud-based operations into a single cloud suite like Microsoft 365. Other use cases, like mergers and acquisitions, better governance, and cost savings, also contribute to this trend.
2. Why switch to Microsoft Teams?
There are a lot of benefits for companies of all sizes to switch to Microsoft Teams from their current platform, such as improvements in user productivity, integration with Microsoft 365 apps, enterprise-grade security and compliance, and more.
3. Why do so many companies use Microsoft Teams?
Many companies use Microsoft Teams for its deep integration with OneDrive, SharePoint Online, Outlook, Calendar, and other tools in the Microsoft 365 cloud suite. Adopting Teams also presents an opportunity to consolidate into Microsoft 365.
4. How to move from Slack to Teams?
To move from Slack to Teams in a complete, accurate, and secure way, you must use a dedicated migration tool from renowned cloud and chat migration solutions providers like CloudFuze. Implementing a strategic approach to avoid user impact is also crucial to make the entire transition smooth.
